bean sí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bean sídhe (obsolete)

Etymology

bean (woman) +‎  (fairy mound)

Noun

bean f (genitive mná sí, nominative plural mná sí)

  1. banshee, fairy woman

Related terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bean sí bhean sí mbean sí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Last modified on 16 March 2013, at 21:48